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Procedure price report · Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology

Pregnenolone hormone test

CPT 84140the billing code this page is about

Measures the level of the steroid hormone pregnenolone in a blood sample.

Hospitals typically charge $83 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,416 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $89. Most fall between $40 and $165 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,416
States
50
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,416 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$26$46$83$146$229

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($26 vs $229).

How the prices are spread

$21 – $27: 156 hospitals$21$27 – $36: 165 hospitals$36 – $47: 200 hospitals$36$47 – $62: 291 hospitals$62 – $82: 284 hospitals$62$82 – $109: 280 hospitals$109 – $143: 315 hospitals$109$143 – $189: 246 hospitals$189 – $249: 171 hospitals$189$249 – $329: 78 hospitals$249median $83price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,186 of 2,416 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$21$27156
$27$36165
$36$47200
$47$62291
$62$82284
$82$109280
$109$143315
$143$189246
$189$249171
$249$32978

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $83.

Alaska: median $190 across 15 hospitalsAK$190Maine: median $61 across 25 hospitalsME$61Vermont: median $140 across 10 hospitalsVT$140New Hampshire: median $99 across 18 hospitalsNH$99Washington: median $106 across 55 hospitalsWA$106Idaho: median $82 across 17 hospitalsID$82Montana: median $137 across 20 hospitalsMT$137North Dakota: median $62 across 22 hospitalsND$62Minnesota: median $90 across 66 hospitalsMN$90Illinois: median $119 across 107 hospitalsIL$119Wisconsin: median $96 across 89 hospitalsWI$96Michigan: median $27 across 74 hospitalsMI$27New York: median $62 across 88 hospitalsNY$62Massachusetts: median $107 across 44 hospitalsMA$107Oregon: median $66 across 42 hospitalsOR$66Nevada: median $112 across 17 hospitalsNV$112Wyoming: median $99 across 15 hospitalsWY$99South Dakota: median $122 across 15 hospitalsSD$122Iowa: median $110 across 47 hospitalsIA$110Indiana: median $91 across 91 hospitalsIN$91Ohio: median $93 across 120 hospitalsOH$93Pennsylvania: median $104 across 111 hospitalsPA$104New Jersey: median $24 across 47 hospitalsNJ$24Connecticut: median $89 across 16 hospitalsCT$89Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $51 across 83 hospitalsCA$51Utah: median $124 across 40 hospitalsUT$124Colorado: median $99 across 58 hospitalsCO$99Nebraska: median $198 across 37 hospitalsNE$198Missouri: median $94 across 61 hospitalsMO$94Kentucky: median $96 across 50 hospitalsKY$96West Virginia: median $50 across 31 hospitalsWV$50Virginia: median $55 across 57 hospitalsVA$55Maryland: median $61 across 22 hospitalsMD$61Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $81 across 36 hospitalsAZ$81New Mexico: median $99 across 14 hospitalsNM$99Kansas: median $104 across 48 hospitalsKS$104Arkansas: median $87 across 21 hospitalsAR$87Tennessee: median $50 across 63 hospitalsTN$50North Carolina: median $61 across 74 hospitalsNC$61South Carolina: median $109 across 43 hospitalsSC$109Oklahoma: median $66 across 37 hospitalsOK$66Louisiana: median $50 across 42 hospitalsLA$50Mississippi: median $41 across 31 hospitalsMS$41Alabama: median $75 across 27 hospitalsAL$75Georgia: median $49 across 78 hospitalsGA$49Hawaii: median $100 across 12 hospitalsHI$100Texas: median $110 across 154 hospitalsTX$110Florida: median $51 across 114 hospitalsFL$51
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $83. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Nebraska NE37$198+139%$127 – $322
Alaska AK15$190+129%$124 – $244
Vermont VT10$140+69%$108 – $186
Montana MT20$137+65%$96 – $174
Utah UT40$124+50%$111 – $146
South Dakota SD15$122+46%$50 – $141
Illinois IL107$119+44%$66 – $191
Nevada NV17$112+35%$41 – $172
Texas TX154$110+33%$49 – $233
Iowa IA47$110+33%$55 – $141
South Carolina SC43$109+32%$47 – $118
Massachusetts MA44$107+29%$60 – $199
Washington WA55$106+28%$69 – $150
Kansas KS48$104+26%$64 – $284
Pennsylvania PA111$104+26%$30 – $243
Hawaii HI12$100+21%$51 – $144
Wyoming WY15$99+20%$40 – $165
New Hampshire NH18$99+19%$68 – $268
Colorado CO58$99+19%$75 – $192
New Mexico NM14$99+19%$67 – $190
Wisconsin WI89$96+16%$75 – $204
Kentucky KY50$96+15%$62 – $259
Missouri MO61$94+13%$64 – $137
Ohio OH120$93+12%$60 – $173
Indiana IN91$91+9%$44 – $165
Minnesota MN66$90+9%$50 – $159
Connecticut CT16$89+7%$58 – $111
Arkansas AR21$87+5%$46 – $105
Idaho ID17$82−1%$60 – $128
Arizona AZ36$81−3%$35 – $151
Alabama AL27$75−10%$31 – $211
Oklahoma OK37$66−20%$32 – $103
Oregon OR42$66−21%$38 – $147
North Dakota ND22$62−25%$36 – $138
New York NY88$62−26%$25 – $118
Maine ME25$61−26%$24 – $128
Maryland MD22$61−26%$43 – $78
North Carolina NC74$61−27%$46 – $170
Virginia VA57$55−33%$28 – $111
California CA83$51−38%$24 – $91
Florida FL114$51−38%$32 – $105
Louisiana LA42$50−40%$26 – $89
Tennessee TN63$50−40%$18 – $74
West Virginia WV31$50−40%$50 – $100
Georgia GA78$49−41%$33 – $135
Mississippi MS31$41−50%$19 – $69
Michigan MI74$27−67%$20 – $93
New Jersey NJ47$24−71%$21 – $148
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $83.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,733$75$34 – $152
Children’s34$102$51 – $203
Critical access642$110$50 – $186
Ownership
For-profit322$82$32 – $205
Government414$87$44 – $175
Non-profit1,673$82$40 – $153
System affiliation
Part of a system1,980$81$37 – $165
Independent436$86$49 – $157

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$137
Median cash price$83
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,670 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $82 and the average of the middle 60% is $88; most fall between $41 and $153.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,670 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$27$48$82$140$212

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($27 vs $212).

Of the 1,849 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,670 gave a usable cash price; 99 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 80 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,416 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (61%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,647 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,416
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here135
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded92
Hospitals that filed this code2,647

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Laboratory - Chemistry and Hematology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as ASSAY OF PREGNENOLONE.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Pregnenolone hormone test (CPT 84140) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-84140-pregnenolone-hormone-test